Raima released version 12 of the Raima Database Manager. RDM 12.0 helps developers deliver greater performance for time-critical applications, extend scalability to greater levels, and be smarter and more secure when sharing data between multiple computers or systems. RDM is available for Workgroup platforms, Embedded platforms and Mobile platforms. Raima Database Manager 12.0 is available now for evaluation.

McObject published a white paper about solutions for database durability and recoverability. The technical paper shares tests using the eXtremeDB IMDS and on-disk DBMS technology, along with commercially available hardware including Fusion ioDrive2 NAND flash memory from Fusion-io. The title of the article is: Seeking Fast, Durable Data Management: A Database System and Persistent Storage Benchmark.

ITTIA rolled out version 5.5 of the ITTIA DB SQL database for embedded systems and mobile platforms. ITTIA DB SQL provides a flexible interface to organize, share, and protect data. ITTIA DB SQL can be loaded as a shared library or plugin. As a result, a separate database installation step is not necessary. ITTIA DB SQL 5.5 is available for Windows, Linux, Android, ThreadX, QNX, and VxWorks. Evaluation copies are available now.

ITTIA DB SQL now includes data distribution features for the QNX Neutrino Realtime Operating System (RTOS). ITTIA DB SQL provides data distribution capabilities between an application embedded with ITTIA DB running on the QNX Neutrino RTOS and other back-end systems built with Microsoft SQL Server. This offering includes high availability, replication, and data synchronization between two different platforms: QNX and Windows.

ITTIA rolled out version 3.2 of their ITTIA DB SQL relational database for embedded systems and devices. ITTIA DB SQL’s multi-user capabilities enable applications on an embedded device to share data safely between different threads and processes. ITTIA DB SQL v3.2 uses shared memory areas to improve the performance of on-device communications. Shared memory is fully compatible with the existing TCP/IP transport, allowing data to be shared between both local and remote connections with the best possible performance. A free copy of ITTIA DB-SQL for evaluation is available now.

ITTIA DB SQL is now available for the QNX Neutrino Real-time Operating System (RTOS). ITTIA DB SQL is a database for special-purpose systems that require self-contained data management software. A free evaluation of ITTIA DB SQL for the QNX Neutrino RTOS is available now. The evaluation kit contains a complete embedded database library, optional server, support for both on-disk and in-memory data management and SQL tools.

McObject rolled out eXtremeDB v4.1 real-time database system for embedded systems. The latest version of the embedded database features support for custom database collations, new encryption, additional security features, and improvements in how eXtremeDB organizes data on disk and flash media. Using eXtremeDB, developers can eliminate the need to create custom data management code, or to modify a DBMS designed for slower business applications into a real-time system.

ITTIA published a white paper about the challenges of hard-coded data management. The white paper explores the use of custom binary and text file formats, and shows how they are inadequate for applications that are better served by a more suitable lightweight relational database solution. The technical paper is titled, Breaking the Flat File Barrier for Embedded Developers.

McObject has ported their Perst open source, object-oriented embedded database system to Microsoft’s Silverlight technology for Web applications. With Perst for .NET, developers using Silverlight can now include true database management system (DBMS) features in their rich Web client applications, including adding persistence to this data by storing it on local file systems. Perst is available for Java and .NET, including Java ME and .NET Compact Framework.